Month: August 2024

Fortnite will bring battle pass rewards back around

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Characters from the Chapter 5: Season 3 battle pass. | Image: Epic Games Epic Games is making a major change to Fortnite’s battle passes that should remove some angst if you can’t buy or complete a pass before the end of a season. Fortnite’s battle passes offer a bunch of exclusive in-game rewards that you … Read more

Smart Contract Templates: Foundations, Design and Research – Smart Contract Designs

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:::info Authors: (1) Christopher D. Clack, Centre for Blockchain Technologies, Department of Computer Science, University College London; (2) Vikram A. Bakshi, Investment Bank CTO Office, Barclays; (3) Lee Braine, Investment Bank CTO Office, Barclays. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Foundations and 2.1 Terminology — “smart contracts” 2.2 Automation 2.3 Enforceability 2.4 … Read more

Newly launched social network Maven loses its co-founders

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Just three months after Maven’s public launch, Kenneth Stanley – the former OpenAI researcher who co-founded the social media platform designed to facilitate serendipitous interactions – is stepping down.  Stanley posted on Maven and X that despite enthusiastic responses to the platform’s launch, Maven “could not achieve the kind of growth curve that investors want … Read more

FOMO HOUR 174 – SOL BOUNCES 40%

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SOL continues to lead majors, memecoins run higher. SOL/ETH hits ATH, breaks key resistance level. BTC whales bought $23bn in last month. BTC volatility hits 20-month high. NASDAQ & BlackRock ask to list ETH options. ETH ETF inflows outpace BTC. BlackRock ETH ETF sees $900m inflows so far. New ETH L2 created ‘every 19 days’. … Read more

Improve AI assistant response accuracy using Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock and a reranking model

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AI chatbots and virtual assistants have become increasingly popular in recent years thanks the breakthroughs of large language models (LLMs). Trained on a large volume of datasets, these models incorporate memory components in their architectural design, allowing them to understand and comprehend textual context. Most common use cases for chatbot assistants focus on a few … Read more

Automate the machine learning model approval process with Amazon SageMaker Model Registry and Amazon SageMaker Pipelines

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Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are causing organizations to take a fresh look at the possibilities these technologies can offer. As you aim to bring your proofs of concept to production at an enterprise scale, you may experience challenges aligning with the strict security compliance requirements of their organization. In the … Read more

Evaluating Startup Predictions with Backtesting and Portfolio Simulation

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:::info Authors: (1) Mark Potanin, a Corresponding (authorpotanin.m.st@gmail.com); (2) Andrey Chertok, (a.v.chertok@gmail.com); (3) Konstantin Zorin, (berzqwer@gmail.com); (4) Cyril Shtabtsovsky, (cyril@aloniq.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Related works 3 Dataset Overview, Preprocessing, and Features 3.1 Successful Companies Dataset and 3.2 Unsuccessful Companies Dataset 3.3 Features 4 Model Training, Evaluation, and Portfolio Simulation … Read more

How Founders, Investors, and Investment Rounds Inform Startup Success Predictions

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:::info Authors: (1) Mark Potanin, a Corresponding (authorpotanin.m.st@gmail.com); (2) Andrey Chertok, (a.v.chertok@gmail.com); (3) Konstantin Zorin, (berzqwer@gmail.com); (4) Cyril Shtabtsovsky, (cyril@aloniq.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Related works 3 Dataset Overview, Preprocessing, and Features 3.1 Successful Companies Dataset and 3.2 Unsuccessful Companies Dataset 3.3 Features 4 Model Training, Evaluation, and Portfolio Simulation … Read more

Unicorns vs Failures: Constructing Comprehensive Datasets for Predictive Modeling

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:::info Authors: (1) Mark Potanin, a Corresponding (authorpotanin.m.st@gmail.com); (2) Andrey Chertok, (a.v.chertok@gmail.com); (3) Konstantin Zorin, (berzqwer@gmail.com); (4) Cyril Shtabtsovsky, (cyril@aloniq.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Related works 3 Dataset Overview, Preprocessing, and Features 3.1 Successful Companies Dataset and 3.2 Unsuccessful Companies Dataset 3.3 Features 4 Model Training, Evaluation, and Portfolio Simulation … Read more

How We Used Crunchbase Data to Predict Startup Success

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:::info Authors: (1) Mark Potanin, a Corresponding (authorpotanin.m.st@gmail.com); (2) Andrey Chertok, (a.v.chertok@gmail.com); (3) Konstantin Zorin, (berzqwer@gmail.com); (4) Cyril Shtabtsovsky, (cyril@aloniq.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Related works 3 Dataset Overview, Preprocessing, and Features 3.1 Successful Companies Dataset and 3.2 Unsuccessful Companies Dataset 3.3 Features 4 Model Training, Evaluation, and Portfolio Simulation … Read more

How Machine Learning Is Changing Startup Predictions

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:::info Authors: (1) Mark Potanin, a Corresponding (authorpotanin.m.st@gmail.com); (2) Andrey Chertok, (a.v.chertok@gmail.com); (3) Konstantin Zorin, (berzqwer@gmail.com); (4) Cyril Shtabtsovsky, (cyril@aloniq.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Related works 3 Dataset Overview, Preprocessing, and Features 3.1 Successful Companies Dataset and 3.2 Unsuccessful Companies Dataset 3.3 Features 4 Model Training, Evaluation, and Portfolio Simulation … Read more

Startup Success Prediction and VC Portfolio Simulation Using CrunchBase Data

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:::info Authors: (1) Mark Potanin, a Corresponding (authorpotanin.m.st@gmail.com); (2) Andrey Chertok, (a.v.chertok@gmail.com); (3) Konstantin Zorin, (berzqwer@gmail.com); (4) Cyril Shtabtsovsky, (cyril@aloniq.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Related works 3 Dataset Overview, Preprocessing, and Features 3.1 Successful Companies Dataset and 3.2 Unsuccessful Companies Dataset 3.3 Features 4 Model Training, Evaluation, and Portfolio Simulation … Read more